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Living in Congo is expensive.

Apt with one room 1.6M XAF (3.2K USD)

Food in grocery stores (only two "good ones" in town) around two or three times higher.

Meals in a regular restaurant can be up to 15,000 xaf (30 usd), you can spend more if you go to a fancy restaurant where a meal for two can be easily 70,000 xaf (140 usd @ sea club)

Health prices are of course expensive, and if you end up in the hospital and you dont speak french you can end three days for a skin allergy, and paying up to 3000 euros

Internet, slow connection you have to pay 150,000 a month, and installation services (i.e. router) are charge separately .

There is no cinema in PNR, and it will take years before someone dare to build one, not enough market for it.

Beers, if you go to a PUB they vary from 3,000 to 5,000 xaf, for a Heineken, local beer is cheaper.

Hotels are quite expensive, no less than 60,000, and quality is not so good, there are only two ro three with european quality but for example madiba, one night is aournd 400 usd.


Hope these numbers help

DFRA80 (Y)

Dear All,

The cost of living in Congo is not cheap as well as not high if you know how to manage...........

> accommodation prices   300 usd to 6000 usd

> public transportation fares (tube, bus etc ...) 0.25 $ in sharing bus and in taxi 1.4 $ for min distance........

> food prices(per month, how much does it cost you?) good food ....10 to 15 $ per head min

> health prices (for those who need medical insurance) No idea but i will update it very soon......

> eduction prices (if you need to pay) 60 $ to 4000 $

> energy prices (oil, electricity)  Petrol 1.2 $ / litre,Diesel 0.8 $ / litre.......electricity monthly 60 to 100 $ min

> common bills (Internet, television, telephone, mobile phone) Internet 200$/m DSTV 110 $ /m,Canal Sat 40 $/M this are maximum can be reduced as per requirement and uses.......Telephone normally people don't use mobile is common and are not so high.......even international calls specially through WARID .....

> prices of a good menu in a traditional restaurant ......5 $ to 10 $

> prices of a beer and or a coffee in a regular pub.......beer 2 to 4 $, tea 3$,coffee 3$

> price of the cinema............ No cinema hall over here.......

Regards,
Anil